If you had five billion dollars and you gave away a $500 bill every minute, how long would it take you to give away all your money?
Solution to the Problem:
The answer is about 19 years.If you divide $5,000,000,000 by $500, you get 10,000,000 minutes.
Then divide 10,000,000 by 60 to get the number of hours: 166666.67.
Now divide by 24 to get 6944 .44 days.
Dividing by 365.25, you get 19.01 years.
James Alarie sent in a corrected answer to his 19 years 4 days 16 hours 40 minutes:
Corrected answer:
By the second minute, my wife would have noticed what is going on,
took out her share of 100%, and decided that I owe her the 1,000
dollars already given away!
Correctly solved by:
| 1. James Alarie | Flint, Michigan |